Not that many transit executives can shift from spreadsheets and scheduling to operating a train in a pinch. Retired Metra ...

Fire breaks out in Blue Island, Chicago, damaging multiple homes and a business; one person and a firefighter injured.

Broadway In Chicago and Metra are partnering to offer theatergoers free round-trip train travel to Disney’s Beauty and the ...

A brawl broke out on a Metra Union Pacific-North train Thursday night near Wilmette. Wilmette police confirmed officers responded to a fight on the train just before 9:15 p.m. Thursday.

Chicago commuters had a fun way to enjoy their morning coffee Friday — inside a Metra train car turned pop-up party.

The Metra Electric Line, which connects downtown Chicago to the southern suburbs, will have adjusted schedules for two weekends this month to accommodate construction, officials announced Thursday.

A blaze in suburban Blue Island early Monday morning left one home destroyed, with the roof completely collapsed and another nearby with broken windows as black smoke billowed into the air.

A major crisis is brewing for Chicago's public transit system, officials warned on Friday. The Regional Transportation Authority, which oversees the budgets for CTA, Metra, and Pace, is facing a ...

A semi-truck stuck on railroad tracks in Wheaton has disrupted trains on the Union Pacific West Line Friday morning, Metra ...

A semi-truck stuck on railroad tracks in Wheaton disrupted trains on the Union Pacific West Line Friday morning, Metra said.

The Surface Transportation Board has denied Metra’s request for a temporary injunction or emergency service order protecting ...